The 2018 Emerging Writers Group at Black Swan is composed of four emerging playwrights: Janelle Koenig, James McMillan, Samantha Murray, and Morgan Owen. Over four months they will each write a new first draft with the dramaturgy and guidance from Black Swan's Director of New Writing - Jeffrey Jay Fowler. The goal of the Emerging Writers' Group is to foster Western Australia's next generation of unique, brave and challenging theatrical voices and to pave the wave for live performance that is an integral part of Perth's culture.